Browse by Subject: Latin American Studies

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Rescuing Our Roots: The African Anglo-Caribbean Diaspora in Contemporary Cuba

Unlike most studies of black Cubans, which focus on Afro-Cuban religion or popular culture, Queeley's penetrating investigation offers a view of strategies and modes of black belonging that transcend ideological, temporal, and spatial boundaries.

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Race, Ideology, and the Decline of Caribbean Marxism

Most studies view the Caribbean as disparate countries prone to revolution and ripe for rebellion. In a refreshing departure from the norm, Anthony Maingot, using historical and contemporary examples, explains that the region is actually populated by resilient, adaptable societies with a political culture comprising both modern and conservative elements.

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Wildman of Rhythm: The Life and Music of Benny Moré

The first English-language biography of the singer known as the Cuban Sinatra

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Healthcare without Borders: Understanding Cuban Medical Internationalism

In Healthcare without Borders, John Kirk examines the role of Cuban medical teams in disaster relief, biotechnology joint ventures, and in the Latin American School of Medicine--the largest medical faculty in the world. 

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Impossible Returns: Narratives of the Cuban Diaspora

In this one-of-a-kind volume, Iraida López explores various narratives of return by those who left Cuba as children or adolescents.

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Embracing Cuba

Stunning photographs from the oft-misunderstood and once-forbidden island

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Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League

Relive the tumultuous preseason before Robinson broke the color barrier

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Contrary Destinies: A Century of America's Occupation, Deoccupation, and Reoccupation of Haiti

Contrary Destinies presents the story of the one hundred year relationship between the U.S. and Haiti.

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Allusions in Omeros: Notes and a Guide to Derek Walcott's Masterpiece

Maria McGarrity's guide is the ideal resource for mapping the intricate matrix of allusions in Derek Walcott's Omeros.

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Emergent Brazil: Key Perspectives on a New Global Power

Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the critical issues facing Brazil, the contributors to this volume analyze the democratization of the country's media, its nuclear capabilities, changing crime rates, the spread of Pentecostalism and indigenous religions, the development of popular culture, the growth of Brazilian agribusiness, and the implementation of sustainable economic development, especially in the Amazon.